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CURIE, Marie (Warsaw, 1867-Sancellemoz, 1934). French physicist. Along with her husband, Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898 and received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911. It was the first woman to occupy a position in higher education (1906). Marie Curie in their laboratory. "L'Illustration", 1911.